The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity’s Illinois Energy Now program is fully funded through May 2017. Indian Trails Public Library District recently took advantage of this program for its lighting retrofit project, and received over $39,000 in rebates.
The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services seeks proposals for the Diversity Research Grant program. Appli
Nominations for the James Madison and Eileen Cooke awards are due on January 20th. Please nominate people / groups who have championed, protected and promoted public access to government information and the public’s right to know.
The James Madison Award, named in honor of President James Madison, was established in 1986 to celebrate an individual or group who has brought awareness to these issues at the national level. Madison is widely regarded as the Father of the Constitution and as the foremost advocate for openness in government.
Libraries everywhere are creating exciting promotional materials: newsletters, program announcements, reading celebrations, advocacy materials, fundraising
The American Library Association is accepting applications through Feb.
The American Library Association’s Office for Research and Statistics is accepting applications from innovative researchers for the annual Carroll Preston B
The American Library Association's Office for Research and Statistics is now accepting applications for Justin Winsor Library History Essay Award, an award
The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) of the American Library Association is inviting submissions for two awards named for Jesse H. Shera.
Underfunded libraries, schools and non-traditional organizations that provide educational services to children are invited to apply to receive one of three
The National Endowment for Humanities foundation is sponsoring a grant program called Creating Humanities Communities. The program "...provides matching grants to help stimulate and proliferate meaningful humanities activities in states and U.S. territories underserved by NEH’s grantmaking divisions and offices. Grantees will use the funds to establish and undertake new humanities programs. The goal of these grants is to make connections between organizations that will foster community cohesion on a local or regional level.